But that's not because they like Ferrari/Alonso better per se. Just because Vettel is 'damaging' Lewis' legacy atm

Or because Vettel/Redbull (or any one team/driver) dominating F1 is boring and not ideal for the sport. Many also believe Alonso is better therefore deserves it more, people often root for the underdog too.

A Great ten-tenths lap from Hamilton to get pole position! It looked like a very controlled lap, hitting all apexes! (;) )
Team-mate Button hasn't had a very good Saturday, mostly lapping around eight, nine tenths off Hamilton's times. Bringing the gap down to six plus tenths puts him sixth on the grid.

-Fantastic effort from Webber to qualify on the front-row here, this afterall being a track he doesn't particularly like. Vettel third, and today has been a bit rough for him. We'll se what comes of not being to bring the car back to the pit.

-Another brilliant fourth (Singapore) from Maldonado! When their long-runs get's your attention, usually Maldonado can pull off a great lap in Q3, and it was no different today. Great result which shows Williams have found the right front-wing again. Also quickest on the straights, so if they can glue it to the car ahead in the twisty bits....

-Nice fifth fastest from Räikkönen and Lotus! Perhaps a tenth or two was there, but this was a very, very good job. Dissapointing that Grosjean didn't improve on his last run.

-Alonso an almost disastrous seventh on the grid, which is a bit of a suprise as Ferrari brought quite a few upgrades here. Perhaps not all were found succesful enough to be bolted on and kept for qualifying?

I'd probably prefer alonso to win out of the two of them but I, and I imagine 99% of those that aren't vettel fans, would find Seb starting at the back mouth watering.

Both for the race, to see what he can do, and for the championship. A 12 point lead (if vettel failed to score) for alonso with 2 races to go and vettel in a quicker car is a much more exciting prospect than vettel extending his lead.

Yeah, the way the McLaren locked out the front row indicates the car is a total rocket. Even in the hands of Button, an average qualifier, it was absolutely on rails!

Oh wait...

What difference does that make? Vettel was often beating Webber by the same gap and position yet that didn't seem to matter. By all accounts and purposes Webber is clearly better qualifier than Jenson.

You'd think that biasing the set-up towards high D/F should help protect the tyres and help with general stability. Having the car sliding less may make it easier to drive and enable the drivers to ride the limit in a seemingly effortless manner.